The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-07-02

i A ASSOCIATIONS ana puDllSned ia con-
nection with the report Of the
yearly convention of these aud the
State Association held IN Celum-
bus during our Commencement,
no formal reports have been made
in regard to this work of beneyo,
lence being carried on in interest
of poor girls desiring to be educa.
ted IN our Industrial Institute and
college asm & .s-als aaa ..s
Iishall give a short summary OF
tha work thus far ofthis year.
Warren county is still doing
noble work. Sending three girls
to the, College and aiding matsrI,
ally in the support Of another. sent
By the Issaquena county Associa,
tion, as Illearn through the presi
dent Of that Association, . Wash
ington county Association has
aided one young lady, who has
completed her course in English
aud Telegraphy aud is now at
homero There the president OF
that Association aud its members
are interesting themselys in, that
important branch of our work, the
procuring her position for. future
usefulness and seeing TO it that
skilled labor shall not be discoun.
ted in in.the the salaries Of competent
women. ash asi'aa aai fe 4al.so / =
l.,r Lowpdes is aiding three girls,
These are preparing by study in
our Normal department to be
teachers. One of them is an en-.
thpsiastic student ofindustrial art,
which ip the near future will be
considered as Indispensable in a
teacher. A noble woman Of Co.
lpmbus is, beside, paying the en-.
tire expenses of student in the
College, j ..l. os. "a, t.. N
/, The State Loan Association has
aided three girls, They will Ger.
tainly prove beuefaction, to our
state. In this last work | must
especially thank Capt. John Willis
Of Panther, Burn, Sharkey Co.,
who sent the State Association
thirty dollars, and Miss Hopkins
of the |. i. s. Q. who became, alife
member subscribing ten dollrrs.
~ regret deeply not being able
70 report, TINS far, rs favorablyi as
last year, when eighteen girls
were assisted by loans, If our
bepelicentl women would only con.
tinue their great work for a year
or two longer we should have a
permanent fund, as our girls arc
already beginning to repay the
money loaned, which thus becomes
IAN enduring sun by (which our AS.
sociations could pcrpetnally send
two or three girls from each coun.
ty without farther aid from mem.
bers.ii' bng .,Fhi daiaoh iHs,o
4 Ifeelassured If even a few nom.
bers OF each Association could be
there, in the midst ofthese earnest
workers, aud see the girls toiIing
to support themselves and at the
psafne time carrying on their stu.
dies, these ladies would be moved
TO making even more strenuous
efforts 10 aid those who so earnest
Fly trytb help themselves. Some
OF the girls are in fact going be.
yond their physical strength in
tIieir efforts. Standing ironing
for hours at six cents an hour, or
raking and hoeing in the garden
every spare moment in the hope
of making something from the
vegetables they are permitted to
raise with which to pay their
board. as9aiqgat hsa Hilsd p
Then the woe that comes to our
hearts in having to refuse appeals
from all over the State for help
from the State Loan Association
which it is unable to give. In.
\ stance this letter just received:
!, Miss MARTIN rsi ~ hn4
Learning from Mrs. Peytou of
your sympathy for and great in-
terest in the education of poor
girls, aud that you are President
Of the State loan Association, |
write you in behalf of myself. l
was left motherless when | was
only nins months old. / have
struggled for years to make a way
for myself, but thus far every at.
tempt has been made in vain. /
want to knowi if there is any posi-.
bility Of my borrowing sufficient
amount of money to send me to
| Columbus to the College the fol.
lowing session with the promise
of teaching and paying back every
\ centsaE nalaniean aaas Tlt
.ha To-day lam a girl of nineteen
years of age, and | realize that
both my usefulness aud happiness
depend largely upon an education
and | feel that my time is now OIL
never aHEasow g'na w sti
Hoping to hear from you very
soon. etc.
Such appeals and not q cent in
the treasury
ELLET MARTIN,